Measuring Best Practices for Workplace Safety, Health, and Well-Being: The Workplace Integrated Safety and Health Assessment. Issue 5 (May 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Sorensen, Glorian; Sparer, Emily; Williams, Jessica A.R.; Gundersen, Daniel; Boden, Leslie I.; Dennerlein, Jack T.; Hashimoto, Dean; Katz, Jeffrey N.; McLellan, Deborah L.; Okechukwu, Cassandra A.; Pronk, Nicolaas P.; Revette, Anna; Wagner, Gregory R.
• Is Part Of: Journal of occupational and environmental medicine. Volume 60:Issue 5(2018)
• Publication Date: 2018-05
• Subjects: integrated approaches -- measurement of best practices -- organizational assessment -- total worker health; Medicine, Industrial -- Periodicals; Environmental health -- Periodicals; Occupational Medicine -- Periodicals; Environmental Medicine -- Periodicals; Environmental health; Medicine, Industrial; Periodicals; Electronic journals; 616.9803
• DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000001286
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1076-2752

Abstract

Abstract : Objective: To present a measure of effective workplace organizational policies, programs, and practices that focuses on working conditions and organizational facilitators of worker safety, health and well-being: the workplace integrated safety and health (WISH) assessment. Methods: Development of this assessment used an iterative process involving a modified Delphi method, extensive literature reviews, and systematic cognitive testing. Results: The assessment measures six core constructs identified as central to best practices for protecting and promoting worker safety, health and well-being: leadership commitment; participation; policies, programs, and practices that foster supportive working conditions; comprehensive and collaborative strategies; adherence to federal and state regulations and ethical norms; and data-driven change. Conclusions: The WISH Assessment holds promise as a tool that may inform organizational priority setting and guide research around causal pathways influencing implementation and outcomes related to these approaches. Abstract : Supplemental Digital Content is available in the text